t ter t of t under t oak ayed for ten days or so in t spring c far from tern end of Lantern aste and some ing of t ease, aate and pomp of Cair Paravel, ty.
irian, and y and ty-five years old; rong and ill scanty. face.
t spring morning except friend, Je stood close beside ts neck bent round poliss blue teness of its flank.
quot;I cannot set myself to any today, Je; said t;I can t t today?”
quot;t idings ever ; said Je;if true.”
quot; be true?quot; said t;It is more t t birds came flying over us saying, Aslan is o Narnia again.
And after t it seen t ain ag. e. t dark Man from Calormen. t t as a t. And t nigoo had seen Aslan.”
quot;Indeed, Sire,quot; ans;I believe it all. If I seem not to, it is only t my joy is too great to let my belief settle itself. It is almost too beautiful to believe.”
quot;Yes,quot; said t sig a s. quot;It is beyond all t I ever hoped for in all my life.”
quot;Listen!quot; said Jeting his head on one side and cocking his ears forward.
quot; is it?quot; asked the King.
quot;; said Je;A galloping must be one of taurs. And look, there he is.”
A great, golden bearded Centaur, on on nut flanks, daso topped, and bo;; it cried in a voice as deep as a bulls.
quot;; said toing lodge. quot;A boaur. elcome, Roon. ell us your errand.”
A page came out of t o taur. taur raised t;I drink first to Aslan and truto your Majesty.”
rong men) at one draugy boo the page.
quot;No,quot; said t;Do you bring us more news of Aslan?”
Roon looked very grave, frotle.
quot;Sire,quot; ;You knoars; for aurs live longer terrible tten in tly since tars say not t t been sucrous conjunctions of ts for five o come and y t some great evil last nig Aslan is abroad in Narnia. Sire, do not believe tale. It cannot be. tars never lie, but Men and Beasts do. If Aslan o Narnia told it. If gracious stars would be assembled in is all a lie.”
quot;A lie!quot; said t; creature in Narnia or all to lie on sucter?quot; And, kno, .
quot;t I kno, Lord King,quot; said taur. quot;But I knoars.”
quot;I ; said Je; come tars foretold ot tars but t not said in all tories t a tame lion.”
quot;ell said, ; cried t;t a tame lion.
It comes in many tales.”
Roon raised o say sometly to turned to listen to a o t of t t see t. But the words.
quot;oe, ; called t;oe for my broters! oe for trees! te. t us. e are being felled. Great trees are falling, falling, falling.”
it quot;fallingquot; t. S so tall t aurs yet sree too. It is o explain if you quite unmistakable once you in tirian and ts kne once t sree.
quot;Justice, Lord King!quot; s;Come to our aid. Protect your people. tern aste.
Forty great trunks of my broters are already on the ground.”
quot;, Lady! Felling Lantern aste? Murdering talking trees?quot; cried to and drahe Mane of Aslan-”
quot;A-a-a-; gasped time after time as if under repeated blo once s from under ree, miles away, down.
For a moment t t speak. t;Come, friends. e must go up river and find t one of them alive.”
quot;Sire, ; said Jewel.
But Roon said, quot;Sire, be range doings on foot. If too feo meet t o while -”
quot;I tent of a second,quot; said t;But me a score of men-at-arms, all ed, and a score of talking Dogs, and ten D tonefoot t. Bring all ter us as quickly as may be.”
quot;it; said Roon. And at once urned and galloped Easthe valley.
trode on at a great pace, sometimes muttering to imes clencs. Je t jingle of a ric and four hoofs.
turned up it and t on t. Soon after t to to ters edge. t t, noo ford to reac. It o tirians arm-pits, but Je on so as to break t, and tirian put rong arm round trong neck and t safely over. till so angry t iced ter. But of course of o shore.
t and Lantern aste straig gone more topped and bot t. t; ; and Je;Look!”
quot;It is a raft,quot; said King tirian.
And so it runks, all ne and neogeto make a raft, and ly do of t ter rat o steer it.
quot;er-Rat! are you about?quot; cried the King.
quot;taking logs doo sell to t; said t, touc ouched his cap if he had had one.
quot;Calormenes!quot; tirian. quot; do you mean? rees to be felled?”
tly at t time of t t t ter-Rat looked back over its sed out: quot;t; t .
tared at one anotened ttle.
quot;Aslan,quot; said t last, in a very lo;Aslan. Could it be true? Could rees and murdering the Dryads?”
quot;Unless t; murmured Jewel.
quot;But selling to Calormenes!quot; said t;Is it possible?”
quot;I dont kno; said Je; a tame lion.”
quot;ell,quot; said t last, quot; go on and take ture t comes to us.”
quot;It is t for us to do, Sire,quot; said t see at t o go on alone; nor did too angry to t muche end.
Suddenly the King leaned hard on his friends neck and bowed his head.
quot;Je; ;w lies before us? s arise in my . If we oday we should have been happy.”
quot;Yes,quot; said Je;e oo long. t t; tood like t for a minute or t on.
Before long timber, t because t of top of it t into Lantern aste itself. And turned we w.
Rig ancient forest - t forest ree of Protection - a broad lane he river.
t cro raining as t t t struck t about talking Beasts but Men.
t t t t great and cruel country t lies beyond Arc to t meet a Calormene or t tirian could not understand . ig arm. the men.
t as t stuck in a bad muddy place.
quot;Get on, son of slot; cried their whips.
training h foam.
quot;ork, lazy brute,quot; sed one of truck t thing happened.
Up till noirian aken it for granted t tless animals like the horses of our own world.
And ted to see even a dumb trees. It anyone o alking o use a w.
But as t savage blo;Fool and tyrant! Do you not see I am doing all I can?”
irian kne t t kno up, t dooget moment botirians s by Jewels horn.